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Anna Nicole Smith jury deliberations to resume

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Anna Nicole Smith, leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, in this Feb. 28, 2006, file photo. With an oil fortune on the line, the former stripper encountered a sympathetic audience at the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta/FILE)

Anna Nicole Smith, leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, in this Feb. 28, 2006, file photo. With an oil fortune on the line, the former stripper encountered a sympathetic audience at the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta/FILE) (AP Photo)

Jurors in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial are set to resume deliberations Tuesday.

The panel began their second week of talks Monday. The six women and six men spent the day closeted in their jury room and asked no questions.

They heard nine weeks of testimony and arguments in the case of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Howard K. Stern who are accused of providing Smith with excessive prescription medications while knowing she was an addict.

They must decide a total of 21 charges against the trio.

The defendants have pleaded not guilty. Their lawyers say the former Playboy model was not an addict and they were trying to help her find relief from chronic pain. They are not charge

d in Smith's 2007 overdose death.

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